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Viking Bourbon Meatballs

Grilled Viking Bourbon Meatballs Unleash the warrior spirit in your taste buds with these Grilled Viking Bourbon Meatballs. Inspired by the bold flavors of the Viking age, these meatballs are not only juicy and flavorful but also grilled to perfection. Served as an appetizer, they're sure to be the hit of your feast or gathering, accompanied by a tantalizing bourbon-infused glaze. For the Meatballs:1 pound ground beef1/2 pound ground pork1/4...

Classic Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

Neil Gaiman, American Gods Then there were cabbage leaves stuffed with ground meat and rice, cabbage leaves of such a toughness that they were almost impossible to cut without spattering ground meat and rice all over the carpet. Shadow pushed his around his plate. Classic Stuffed Cabbage Rolls Classic Stuffed Cabbage Rolls are a delicious and comforting dish, featuring tender cabbage leaves filled with a savory mix of meat, rice, onions, and...

Traditional Borscht

Neil Gaiman, American Gods Serving dishes were placed on the table. Each of the diners was given a small painted tray on which was some tarnished cutlery, to place on his or her lap.Zorya Vechernyaya took five wooden bowls and placed an unpeeled boiled potato in each, then ladled in a healthy serving of a ferociously crimson borscht. She plopped a spoonful of white sour cream in, and handed the bowls to each of them. Traditional Borscht...

Spicy Lean Meat and Dark Beer Chili

Neil Gaiman, American Gods Laura made a great chili. She used lean-cut meat, dark kidney beans, carrots cut small, a bottle or so of dark beer, and freshly sliced hot peppers. She would let the chili cook for a while, then add red wine, lemon juice, and a pinch of fresh dill, and, finally, measure out and add her chili powders. On more than one occasion Shadow had tried to get her to show him how she made it: he would watch everything she did,...

Pimento Loaf

Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl ‘Do they still make pimento loaf?’ she said by way of greeting, not looking up, just knowing it was me, and I felt the relief I usually felt when I saw her: Things might not be great, but things would be okay.My twin, Go. I’ve said this phrase so many times, it has become a reassuring mantra instead of actual words: Mytwingo. We were born in the ’70s, back when twins were rare, a bit magical: cousins of the...

Robber Steak – Räubersteak

Bram Stoker, Dracula I dined on what they called ‘robber steak’—bits of bacon, onion, and beef, seasoned with red pepper, and strung on sticks, and roasted over the fire, in simple style of the London cat’s meat! Robber Steak – Räubersteak Robber Steak, also known as "Räubersteak" in German, is a traditional dish that is typically made with bits of bacon, onion, and beef, seasoned with red pepper, and strung on sticks before being...

Eggplant Impletata

Bram Stoker, Dracula I had for breakfast more paprika, and a sort of porridge of maize flour which they said was ‘mamaliga’, and eggplant stuffed with forcemeat, a very excellent dish, which they call ‘impletata”. (Mem., get recipe for this also.) Eggplant Impletata Impletata is a traditional Romanian dish, similar to a stuffed eggplant. This recipe will use ground meat as the filling. 2 large eggplants1 lb ground meat (pork, beef or a...